This section encompasses information on natural resources (soil, subsoil, vegetation, fauna, flora, water resources, air); climate; impact of social, economic and cultural activities carried out by man on natural resources and the environment; provision of sanitation services (water supply, sewage, solid waste management, liquid effluent management) and related diseases; expenditures with environmental protection; agri-environmental indicators (use of agrochemicals and fertilizers, organic agriculture); environmental monitoring (pollution, ecosystems, land use, environmental protection); environmental risks and disasters; nature conservation units and indigenous lands; sustainable development; and environmental management and policy, among other aspects.
It also covers environmental accounts.